WASHINGTON, William Henry, a Representative from North Carolina; born near Goldsboro, Wayne
County, N.C., February 7, 1813; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1835
and commenced practice in New Bern, Craven County, N.C.; was elected as a Whig
to the Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1841-March 3, 1843); declined to be a
candidate for renomination in 1842; served in the State house of commons in
1843 and 1846; member of the State senate in 1848, 1850, and 1852; resumed the
practice of law; died in New Bern, N.C., August 12, 1860; interment in Cedar
Grove Cemetery.